Warens

Madame de Warens had brought the girl up after she left school, had laboured over her and found her labour in vain.

The Beach of Dreams 1907

Then she held up the work and reviewed it with lips slightly pursed, then she rolled it up, rose, and went off to the state-room of Madame de Warens to bid her good-night.

The Beach of Dreams 1907

The ceaseless activity of old Madame de Warens seemed to have descended on her through the air of Kerguelen.

The Beach of Dreams 1907

The book asserted, for instance, that the Claude of whom he speaks was no longer alive at the time when he was supposed to be enjoying Madame de Warens 'favours.

Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth Brandes, George, 1842-1927 1906

Rousseau was submitted to the observation of a kinsman of Madame de Warens [49], and his verdict corresponded with that of the notary of Geneva, with whom years before Rousseau had first tried the critical art of making a living.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905

The king, to mark his zeal for the faith of his house, conferred on the new convert a small pension for life; but as the tongues of the scandalous imputed a less pure motive for such generosity in a parsimonious prince, Madame de Warens removed from the court and settled at Annecy.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905

Madame de Warens was at its head, and Claude Anet, gardener, butler, steward, was her factotum.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905

Rousseau's delight in the spot where Madame de Warens lived at Annecy was the mark of the new ideal which circumstances were to engender in him, and after him to spread in many hearts.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905

M. Pontverre despatched his brand plucked from the burning to a certain M.dame de Warens, a lady living at Annecy, and counted zealous for the cause of the Church.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905

The too comprehensive principles of his mistress admitted him to the closest intimacy, and in due time, when Madame de Warens thought of the seductions which ensnare the feet of youth, Rousseau was delivered from them in an equivocal way by solicitous application of the same maxims of comprehension.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905